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John Michael's Corner Welcome to the intersection of orthotics and prosthetics in cyberspace!
This first Corner of 2004 includes additional information from the excellent Nordic P&O meeting in Reykjavik, and the latest article about the Ertl procedure. It concludes with the next installment from the transcontinental tour across the USA to see how prosthetists are currently managing patients with hip disarticulation or transpelvic amputations.

All chapters from the Spanish language textbooks on Lower Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics have been posted, and remain available for downloading, along with the classic text from UCLA on Upper Limb Prostheses.

Thanks to the generosity of Sr. Alberto Castillo from Mexico City, the articles in this Corner will now be available in Spanish too. A brief biography is posted, listing just a few of Sr. Castillo's many accomplishments. Additional chapters from the texts on lower limb prosthetics and orthotics that have been translated into Spanish are also available for downloading.

Please feel free to leave your comments and suggestions regarding this information in our guest book. If you would like to be notified by e-mail whenever this corner is updated, please become a registered user of oandp.com.

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CPO Services Digital Reference Library

This month's Corner includes the next installment of uploads of chapters from the entire Spanish language texts on Lower Limb Orthoses and Lower Limb Prostheses, for downloading or printing. CPO Services is very pleased to be able to post electronic versions of texts used in the former WHO school in the Dominican Republic, with the kind permission of Sidney Fishman, PhD.

I hope you have enjoyed some of the information posted in this monthly Corner. Please leave your comments and suggestions for improvements or topics in the Guest Book .

Thank you.

--John Michael, CPO


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continued#3
As for myself, I am an average middle aged Ertl Amputee with load of wonderful antidotal information. My surgery was primary amputation not a revision. 16 months after my surgery, I cycled 3800 miles in 52 day across American to demonstrat... read more

- Daniel Sheret   1/12/2004

Re: continued#3
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Mr. Sheret. I wish we had more evidence to rely upon, but documenting individual results is the first step toward sorting out all the potential benefits of this procedure. --John Michael CPO

- John Michael   1/12/2004

ERTL/BRIDGE
Sir, I work at a manufacturing facility that puts great effort into educating amputees of all ages so they can make wise choices. We work with a wide array of amputees both with and without the ERTL/bridge. While the Ertl may not be a b... read more

- Larry Corley   1/16/2004

Re: ERTL/BRIDGE
I agree with Larry. Although the "data" may not be out there, why would people choose to ignore what Ertl amputees have to say about the whole deal? I mean, good grief, who better to discuss the procedure with than those who can tell you th... read more

- AJ Johnson   1/16/2004

continued #2
I also appreciate your interest and curiosity of The Facts as you put it, that “Ertl keeps reappearing every 15 years or so, and that it is largely driven by amputee enthusiasm and the support of experienced prosthesists.” I cannot speak f... read more

- Daniel Sheret   1/12/2004

Ertl Procedure #1
Dear Mr. Michaels, I wanted congratulate you on a well written rebuttal to the information posted the Drs. Ertl on your web corner. I would agree with you that you do leave your reader with more questions than answers. According to your s... read more

- Daniel Sheret   1/12/2004

John Michael's "Face #3"
I think there is a point you have forgotten in your third "fact." You stated "many surgeons are very cautious about adopting new methods that carry even slightly increased risk for complications" as one of the reasons that surgeons aren't e... read more

- AJ Johnson   1/11/2004

Re: John Michael
I've heard similar speculation from time to time but have never found any evidence whatsoever to support that opinion. All the surgeons I've worked with have done what they believed was in their patient's best interest regardless of whethe... read more

- John Michael   1/11/2004

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